江苏明清小说研究以清代“江苏”辖区为基础,以现今行政区划江苏所辖范围为重点,主要指其作家或本籍江苏,或出生成长于江苏,或移居流寓江苏而在此进行小说创作,或记载不详存在争议,但一般认为是江苏作家而在此创作小说者。江苏明清小说创作分布极不均衡,集中涌现在文化意义上的江南范围;从数量看,苏州居首,南京其次,常州第三,扬州第四,镇江第五;综合考量,江苏明清小说在中国小说史上有举足轻重地位,谓之重镇、高地,实至名归。清代松江府属(今上海辖区)小说创作,在清代中期以前,为数寥寥,成就不高,主要作品产生于晚清,特别是中日甲午战争以后。 Based on the Qing Dynasty “Jiangsu ” area, Jiangsu Ming and Qing novels mainly focus on the area under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu nowadays, mainly referring to the author or native Jiangsu, or the birth and growth in Jiangsu, or the emigration Jiangsu Writing novel, or documented controversial, but generally considered to be writers in Jiangsu and write novels here. The distribution of the novels of Jiangsu Ming and Qing dynasties is extremely unbalanced, concentrating in the southern area of ​​culture; in terms of quantity, Suzhou ranks first, followed by Nanjing, Changzhou third, Yangzhou fourth and Zhenjiang fifth; In the history of Chinese novels have a pivotal position, that the center of the town, high ground, deserved. Before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there were only a few but few achievements in Songjiang gentry (now Shanghai area) novels. The main works originated in the late Qing Dynasty, especially after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894.